notional

adj.

1. Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
2. Speculative or theoretical.
3. Linguistics. Conveying an idea of a thing or of an action; having full lexical meaning as distinguished from relational meaning. The word did is notional in We did the work and relational in We did not agree.

notionally no'tion·al·ly adv.

adjective

Existing only in the imagination: chimeric, chimerical, conceptual, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, imaginary, unreal, visionary. See real/imaginary.

adj

Definition: hypothetical
Antonyms: actual, genuine, real

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The adjective has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: (grammar) having descriptive value as distinguished from syntactic category; gender is a syntactic one"
  Pertains to noun: notion (meaning #2)

Meaning #2: not based on fact; dubious
  Synonyms: fanciful, imaginary, imagined

Meaning #3: not based on fact or investigation
  Synonym: speculative

Meaning #4: indulging in or influenced by fancy
  Synonym: fanciful

Meaning #5: being or of the nature of a notion or concept
  Synonyms: conceptional, ideational

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tænkt, teoretisk, indbildt, abstrakt, fantastisk, lunefuld

Nederlands (Dutch)
denkbeeldig, speculatief, zelfstandig (taalkunde), wispelturig

Français (French)
adj. - théorique, hypothétique, (Philos) notionnel, conceptuel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - imaginär, spekulativ, eine eigene Bedeutung besitzend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - θεωρητικός, ιδεατός, νοητικός, εννοιολογικός

Italiano (Italian)
ipotetico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - nocional, irreal, visionário

Русский (Russian)
номинальный, мнимый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - nocional, especulativo, hipotético

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - spekulativ, abstrakt, nyckfull, betydelsebärande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
概念上的, 想像的, 抽象的, 假设的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 概念上的, 想像的, 抽象的, 假設的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 개념적인, 추상적인, 상상의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 概念的な, 抽象的な, 想像的な, 気まぐれな, 観念的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ذو علاقه بفكرة, خيالي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮משוער, תיאורטי, דמיוני, עיוני, מושגי, של פועל-תוכן (לא פועל-עזר), לא מבוסס על ניסיון‬

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